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Featured Holiday

Shavuot is celebrated on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June) and falls this year on Sunday, May 24, 2015, ו' בסיון, תשע"ה

Shavuot is the Festival of Reaping of the first fruits of the harvest (Bikurim). It is also called Hag matan Tora (the giving of the Torah) חג מתן תורה.

Kids parade with flowers in their hair, wearing white clothes and carrying decorated baskets full of fruits. Dairy products such as milk and cheese are served at the traditional holiday meal.

The date of Shavuot is at the end of the seven-week Counting of the Omer, beginning on the second day of Passover.

New Idioms

New Words

Rain    ge-shem    גשם

Deluge, flood    ma-bool    מבול

Hail    ba-rad    ברד

Snow    she-leg    שלג

Storm    soo-fa    סופה

Wind    ro-ah    רוח

Lightning    ba-rak    ברק

Thunder    ra-am    רעם

Window Into Israel

Beit HaNassi

Beit HaNassi בית הנשיא or Mishkan HaNassi משכן הנשיא is the official residency of the president of Israel. It is located in Jerusalem in the Talbiya neighborhood. In 1971 Beit HaNassi was inaugurated by the Israeli third president Zalman Shazar. In 2009 President Shimon Peres started a new tradition of inviting each world leader to plant an olive tree in the peace garden during their visit at Beit HaNassi.

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